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Outcome statement - February 2023 DUSC meeting
31 March 2023 - The outcome statement from the February 2023 DUSC meeting is now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Dec 2022
Boom in scripts to fight depression
22 December 2022 - The explosion in popularity of the drugs comes despite warnings from psychiatrists that antidepressants should not be ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Nov 2022
Outcome statement - September 2022 DUSC meeting
3 November 2022 - The outcome statement from the September 2022 DUSC meeting is now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Oct 2022
DUSC utilisation analysis public release documents (October 2022)
25 October 2022 - The utilisation analysis public release documents from the June 2022 DUSC meeting are now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Sep 2022
13 million Novavax doses due to expire as Australians stick to mRNA boosters
21 September 2022 - Novavax COVID vaccines procured by the federal government in the hopes of convincing hesitant Australians to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Aug 2022
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme supplied medications
30 August 2022 - Key findings about health and population characteristics from the National Health Survey (NHS) and the Pharmaceutical Benefits ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jul 2022
Drug Utilisation SubCommittee outcome statement
8 July 2022 - The outcome statement from the June 2022 DUSC meeting is now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 May 2022
People dying of COVID while life-saving drugs go unused, doctors say
21 May 2022 - Top doctors have warned that vulnerable patients who test positive to COVID-19 are missing out on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Mar 2022
DUSC utilisation analysis public release documents
25 March 2022 - The utilisation analysis public release documents from the October 2021 DUSC meeting are now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Nov 2021
Drug Utilisation Sub-Committee outcome statement
5 November 2021 - The Outcome Statement from the October 2021 Drug Utilisation SubCommittee meeting is now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Oct 2021
Docs ‘use rubber stamp for drugs’
9 October 2021 - Pharmacists have raised the alarm over the influence of a US pharmaceutical corporation on Australian doctors ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 May 2021
Almost one-third of adult Australians say they’re unlikely to get COVID vaccination: survey
19 May 2021 - Almost one-third of adult Australians say they are unlikely to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 May 2021
One in four COVID vaccine doses distributed in Australia not yet administered, figures show
17 May 2021 - New figures show one in four COVID-19 vaccines available in Australia have not been administered, with GP ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Apr 2021
Australia has surpassed 2 million vaccines but lacks data on second doses
28 April 2021 - Australians will not be told how many people have received a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Mar 2021
Drug Utilisation SubCommittee utilisation analysis public release documents
18 March 2021 - The utilisation analysis public release documents from the October 2020 Drug Utilisation SubCommittee meeting are now available. ...